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TMO Leaders Push for Metro Bus System Overhaul

Julia Ramirez, a regular Metro Bus system user, thinks there are four things that would make public transport more rider-friendly. She teamed up with TMO leaders Franklin Olson and Rev. Kevin Collins to break it down.

NYT Cites Capital IDEA-Houston as Factor in Class Mobility

“Houston is one of the few southern cities where upward social mobility is as high as cities in the Northeast and West… Roughly 22 percent of Houston children who grew up in the poorest fifth of the national income distribution have ended up in the top two-fifths today, according to the study.